NidaleePatch History, Builds & Abilities

Innate - Prowl: While in brush, Nidalee gains ghosting and 10% bonus movement speed, increased to 30% while facing a visible enemy champion within 1400 range. The bonuses persist for 2 seconds after leaving brush.

Innate - Hunt: Hitting enemy champions or monsters with Javelin Toss or Bushwhack applies a Hunted mark to the target for 4 seconds, during which they are revealed as well as grant sight of a 300-unit radius around them. If Nidalee is nearby when the target is hit, she gains ghosting and 10% bonus movement speed for 4 seconds, increased to 30% while she is facing a Hunted target. Additionally, the first cast of both Takedown and Pounce against a Hunted target is enhanced.

The bonus movement speed from Prowl and Hunt can stack, but cannot exceed 30%.

Active: Nidalee hurls a javelin in the target direction that deals magic damage to the first enemy hit, increased by 0% - 225% (based on distance traveled).

Active: Nidalee empowers her next basic attack within 10 seconds to have an uncancellable windup, gain 75 bonus range and deal modified magic damage that is increased by an amount for every 1% of the target's missing health. Takedown can critically strike for critical damage AD bonus magic damage.

Prowl Bonus: Hitting a Hunted target increases Takedown's damage by 30%.

Takedown resets Nidalee's basic attack timer. Other damage converted to magic damage by Takedown are not increased by Takedown's respective effects. Nidalee loses Takedown's empowered attack immediately when she switches to Aspect of the Cougar.

Active: Nidalee lays a trap at the target location that becomes stealthed after arming over 1.5 seconds, lasting for up to 120 seconds and granting sight within its radius. The trap will spring upon contact with an enemy, dealing magic damage every second over 4 seconds.

Traps have 6 maximum health and can only be damaged by champion basic attacks (2 hit points from ranged and 3 hit points from melee). Up to a maximum of 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 traps may be active at once.

See Pets for more details about traps.

Passive: Killing an enemy while in Cougar Form or using Pounce's Hunt bonus reduces Pounce's current cooldown to a minimum value.

Active: Nidalee leaps a fixed distance in the target direction. Upon arrival, she deals magic damage to nearby enemies.

Prowl Bonus: Nidalee can perform Pounce from an increased range on a Hunted enemy closest to the cursor. She will leap to the front of the target.

Takedown and Aspect of the Cougar can be cast during the dash.

Active: Nidalee revitalizes herself or the target allied champion, granting the target bonus attack speed for 7 seconds and healing them for an amount that is increased by 1% per 0.95% of target's missing health.

Active: Nidalee slashes in an arc in the target direction, dealing magic damage to enemies hit.

Active: Nidalee switches between her Human Form: and Cougar Form:.

Cougar Form: Nidalee transforms into a cougar, gaining melee attacks with 125 range and access to her cougar abilities.

Human Form: Nidalee transforms into a human, gaining ranged attacks with 525 range and access to her human abilities. While in this form, applying a Prowl mark will reset Aspect of the Cougar's cooldown.

Nidalee begins with one rank in Aspect of the Cougar and can increase it at levels 6, 11, and 16. Cougar Form's: abilities scale based on Aspect of the Cougar's rank.